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Public Health

Mental Health, Public Health and Dental Services (MHPHDS) Public Health provides diverse services to protect, promote and improve the health of whole populations, with a focus on the prevention of disease and the promotion of good health.

Services and programs are delivered in an individual’s home or community centres and clinical settings, in collaboration with hospital and community-based sectors.

Public health addresses the health of whole populations, rather than the individual. The primary focus is on prevention of disease or promotion of good health. Public health also focuses on system-level design of services, policies and programs affecting the health and well-being of the population. The typical domains of public health include: communicable disease control, epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, health promotion, health equity for disadvantaged populations and health policy.  

Public Health services

  • Aboriginal Health Aboriginal Health Strategy aims to promote health outcomes for Aboriginal people.
  • DonateLife DonateLife WA strives to save lives, restore health and improve quality of life of Australians through organ and tissue donation for transplantation.
  • Health Promotion Health Promotion helps prevent chronic disease and injury among the population in the North Metropolitan Health Service.
  • Humanitarian Entrant Health Service HEHS provides a holistic health assessment service for all refugees and humanitarian entrants who are resettled in WA.
  • Infection Prevention and Control The Infection Prevention and Control Department ensures the safety of patients, staff and visitors.
  • Metropolitan Communicable Disease Control Metropolitan Communicable Disease Control works to protect the population by monitoring communicable diseases.
  • State Head Injury Unit SHIU promotes and assists the rehabilitation and community reintegration of people in WA affected by Acquired Brain Injury.
  • WA Tuberculosis Control Program WA Tuberculosis Control Program provides a statewide outpatient public health service.
Last Updated: 21/04/2021
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